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Ezekiel 22

ESV 1
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
NIV 1
The word of the LORD came to me:
ESV 2
"And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then declare to her all her abominations.
NIV 2
"Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her detestable practices
ESV 3
You shall say, Thus says the Lord GOD: A city that sheds blood in her midst, so that her time may come, and that makes idols to defile herself!
NIV 3
and say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood in her midst and defiles herself by making idols,
ESV 4
You have become guilty by the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols that you have made, and you have brought your days near, the appointed time of your years has come. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all the countries.
NIV 4
you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed and have become defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries.
ESV 5
Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you; your name is defiled; you are full of tumult.
NIV 5
Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil.
ESV 6
"Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.
NIV 6
" 'See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.
ESV 7
Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.
NIV 7
In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the alien and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.
ESV 8
You have despised my holy things and profaned my Sabbaths.
NIV 8
You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.
ESV 9
There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you who eat on the mountains; they commit lewdness in your midst.
NIV 9
In you are slanderous men bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts.
ESV 10
In you men uncover their fathers' nakedness; in you they violate women who are unclean in their menstrual impurity.
NIV 10
In you are those who dishonor their fathers' bed; in you are those who violate women during their period, when they are ceremonially unclean.
ESV 11
One commits abomination with his neighbor's wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; another in you violates his sister, his father's daughter.
NIV 11
In you one man commits a detestable offense with his neighbor's wife, another shamefully defiles his daughter-in-law, and another violates his sister, his own father's daughter.
ESV 12
In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and profit and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
NIV 12
In you men accept bribes to shed blood; you take usury and excessive interest and make unjust gain from your neighbors by extortion. And you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.
ESV 13
"Behold, I strike my hand at the dishonest gain that you have made, and at the blood that has been in your midst.
NIV 13
" 'I will surely strike my hands together at the unjust gain you have made and at the blood you have shed in your midst.
ESV 14
Can your courage endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.
NIV 14
Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.
ESV 15
I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will consume your uncleanness out of you.
NIV 15
I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you through the countries; and I will put an end to your uncleanness.
ESV 16
And you shall be profaned by your own doing in the sight of the nations, and you shall know that I am the LORD."
NIV 16
When you have been defiled in the eyes of the nations, you will know that I am the LORD.' "
ESV 17
And the word of the LORD came to me:
NIV 17
Then the word of the LORD came to me:
ESV 18
"Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are dross of silver.
NIV 18
"Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace. They are but the dross of silver.
ESV 19
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
NIV 19
Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: 'Because you have all become dross, I will gather you into Jerusalem.
ESV 20
As one gathers silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into a furnace, to blow the fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you in and melt you.
NIV 20
As men gather silver, copper, iron, lead and tin into a furnace to melt it with a fiery blast, so will I gather you in my anger and my wrath and put you inside the city and melt you.
ESV 21
I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it.
NIV 21
I will gather you and I will blow on you with my fiery wrath, and you will be melted inside her.
ESV 22
As silver is melted in a furnace, so you shall be melted in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the LORD; I have poured out my wrath upon you."
NIV 22
As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted inside her, and you will know that I the LORD have poured out my wrath upon you.' "
ESV 23
And the word of the LORD came to me:
NIV 23
Again the word of the LORD came to me:
ESV 24
"Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is not cleansed or rained upon in the day of indignation.
NIV 24
"Son of man, say to the land, 'You are a land that has had no rain or showers in the day of wrath.'
ESV 25
The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.
NIV 25
There is a conspiracy of her princes within her like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they devour people, take treasures and precious things and make many widows within her.
ESV 26
Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they have disregarded my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
NIV 26
Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common; they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean; and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
ESV 27
Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.
NIV 27
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people to make unjust gain.
ESV 28
And her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,' when the LORD has not spoken.
NIV 28
Her prophets whitewash these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations. They say, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says'--when the LORD has not spoken.
ESV 29
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the sojourner without justice.
NIV 29
The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the alien, denying them justice.
ESV 30
And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.
NIV 30
"I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none.
ESV 31
Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned their way upon their heads, declares the Lord GOD."
NIV 31
So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD."

New International Version

Ezekiel 22

NIV 1
The word of the LORD came to me:
NIV 2
"Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her detestable practices
NIV 3
and say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood in her midst and defiles herself by making idols,
NIV 4
you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed and have become defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries.
NIV 5
Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil.
NIV 6
" 'See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.
NIV 7
In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the alien and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.
NIV 8
You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.
NIV 9
In you are slanderous men bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts.
NIV 10
In you are those who dishonor their fathers' bed; in you are those who violate women during their period, when they are ceremonially unclean.
NIV 11
In you one man commits a detestable offense with his neighbor's wife, another shamefully defiles his daughter-in-law, and another violates his sister, his own father's daughter.
NIV 12
In you men accept bribes to shed blood; you take usury and excessive interest and make unjust gain from your neighbors by extortion. And you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.
NIV 13
" 'I will surely strike my hands together at the unjust gain you have made and at the blood you have shed in your midst.
NIV 14
Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.
NIV 15
I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you through the countries; and I will put an end to your uncleanness.
NIV 16
When you have been defiled in the eyes of the nations, you will know that I am the LORD.' "
NIV 17
Then the word of the LORD came to me:
NIV 18
"Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace. They are but the dross of silver.
NIV 19
Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: 'Because you have all become dross, I will gather you into Jerusalem.
NIV 20
As men gather silver, copper, iron, lead and tin into a furnace to melt it with a fiery blast, so will I gather you in my anger and my wrath and put you inside the city and melt you.
NIV 21
I will gather you and I will blow on you with my fiery wrath, and you will be melted inside her.
NIV 22
As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted inside her, and you will know that I the LORD have poured out my wrath upon you.' "
NIV 23
Again the word of the LORD came to me:
NIV 24
"Son of man, say to the land, 'You are a land that has had no rain or showers in the day of wrath.'
NIV 25
There is a conspiracy of her princes within her like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they devour people, take treasures and precious things and make many widows within her.
NIV 26
Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common; they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean; and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
NIV 27
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people to make unjust gain.
NIV 28
Her prophets whitewash these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations. They say, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says'--when the LORD has not spoken.
NIV 29
The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the alien, denying them justice.
NIV 30
"I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none.
NIV 31
So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD."